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Australian sailor Ben Roulant heads home from New Zealand after COVID-19 left him stranded – ABC News
Even for experienced sailor Ben Roulant, five months completely alone on the high seas is a tall order — but that’s exactly the situation forced upon him by the coronavirus pandemic.
While most of us have found the lockdown hard, imagine doing it alone on a boat at sea for five months.
Key points:
- Ben Roulant’s crewmates left the boat early in the pandemic, leaving him alone at sea
- He says sailors all over the world are currently marooned for the same reasons
- Roulant does not believe the Sydney to Hobart race will go ahead because “social distancing on a boat does not work”
Sailor Ben Roulant has been stuck off the coast of New Zealand si…
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